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The “Andrés de
Irujo” Award was created by the Basque Government in 1999.
The award lies in
the publication of creative or investigative works relating to Basque
presence overseas or the personal experiences of overseas Basque
communities or individuals during the 20th century.
The award will be
conferred on an annual basis, and the call for applications announced in
a General Secretary of the Presidency Directive.
These are the
requisites to participate:
- Any creative
or investigative works relating to Basque presence overseas or the
personal experiences of overseas Basque communities or individuals
during the 20th century may enter the award.
- Works should
be unpublished and written or recorded in Basque, Spanish, French or
English.
- Entries are
acceptable in all literary genres (poetry, plays, novels or essays)
or audio-visual formats (audio, video, CD-ROM or floppy disk).
- The receipt of
other awards, grants or subsidies for the purpose of
writing/creating the submitted work does not preclude entry for the
“Andrés de Irujo” Award, providing that the work in question is
unpublished.
These works have
been awarded up to now:
- 1999, “Laurak
Bat de Montevideo 1876-1898, primera euskal etxea del mundo”, by
Alberto Irigoyen
- 2000, The
prize was not awarded
- 2001, “Centro
Vasco Gure Etxea de Tandil: ¿la punta de un gran iceberg?”, by
Marcelino Iriani
- 2002, “Vascos
en Barcelona: Etnicidad y migración vasca hacia Cataluña en el siglo
XX, by Xavier Medina
- 2003,
“Santiago Ibarra: Historia de un inmigrante vasco”, by Ángeles de
Dios Altuna de Martina
- 2004,
“Organisation et aspects de l’ émigration des Basques de France en
Amérique, 1832-1976”, by Claude Mehats
- 2005,
“Arrojos, dichas y nostalgias. Vascos en el Valparaíso del siglo
XX”, by Rubila Andrea Araya Ariztía.
Submissions should include a C.V.
(resume) of the applicant and a cover letter than summarizes the work.
A hard copy (no email or fax)
application in Spanish or Basque must be received by TBA
at:
Andres de Irujo Saria
Presidencia del Gobierno Vasco-Lehendakaritza
Secretaría General de Acción Exterior
Calle Navarra, número 2, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz
For more information, visit the BG
official announcement at:
http://www.lehendakaritza.ejgv.euskadi.net/r48-3872/en/contenidos/informacion/andres_irujo/en_airujo/andres_irujo.html
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